Back in the 1990s, the Mexican government took legal control of the word “mezcal” away from the people who have shepherded mezcal traditions for hundreds of years. But legal control isn’t the same as moral control. But what does it mean to refer to an uncertified agave spirit as mezcal...

Mexican regulations require an agave spirit to fall between 35% and 55% alcohol by volume (ABV) to qualify for certification as mezcal. But in the USA, the TTB requires that same spirit to be a minimum of 40% ABV to qualify as mezcal. Why? Well, who knows? Not us! But...

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States released their 2020/2021 report and … good lord, you people are drinking a lot. But the real news here is, you’re also paying a lot more for what you drink. So does that mean you’re getting better tequila? Or just more expensive...

Legal expert Valerie Baron from Natural Resources Defense Council joins to discuss the existential threat to safe, available drinking water across the United States. Topics include The Clean Water Act and regulatory standards, PFAS and other contaminants in the water supply, the effects of climate change, and new leadership at...

The story of American prohibition: temperance, scapegoating, hypocrisy and their unlikely love child the Margarita. It’s 1920 and alcohol is now constitutionally illegal in the United States. This week we look at the dark forces that got us there, what happened when Americans couldn’t drink and how the noble experiment...

Coming soon, from Heritage Radio Network. Eat Your Heartland Out is a series dedicated to highlighting the rich, yet often overlooked, culinary depth of the American Midwest. Food is the storyteller while host Capri S. Cafaro serves as your audio tour guide through this region spanning 12 states. The show...

Since ancient times societies have helped the hungry--those who had no access to food. Today we have food pantries, food banks, and soup kitchens. Linda talks to Stephen Henderson who has volunteered in soup kitchens around the world for the past ten years about the history of this system of...

Today on Eating Matters, hosts Kim Kessler and Jenna Liut welcome Dr. Robert Lustig to the show talking about America's over-consumption of sugar as well as its implications on the country's health. A pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and one of the foremost childhood-obesity researchers, Dr...

On today's "Book Review" edition of Cutting the Curd, host Diane Stemple reviews "The Carnivore's Manifesto," by Heritage Radio Network founder Patrick Martins. In his book, Patrick explains how to eat well, responsibly, and eat meat. A collection of edifying essays, further reenforcing our need to play an active role...

This week on Food Talk with Mike Colameco Mike interviews Catherine Price, contributor to Popular Science and award winning author. The interview is centered around Catherine's new book "Vitamania," the book concerns the history of the vitamin industry on a global scale. Catherine touches on what vitamins really are, the...